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The Shows

CBS

• I Love Lucy (Oct 15, 1951 - May 6, 1957)
• All in the Family (Jan 12, 1971 - April 8, 1979)
• M*A*S*H (Sept 17, 1972 - Feb 21, 1983)
• Survivor (May 30, 2000 - airs Thur 7 CST)
• Borneo (Pulau Tiga) (May 31 - Aug 23, 2000)
• The [Australian] Outback (Jan 28 - May 3, 2001)
• Pearl Islands (Sep 18 - Dec 14, 2003)

(**WARNING: SPOILERS in all Survivor links**)

NBC

• Family Ties (Sep 22, 1982 - May 14, 1989)
• Golden Girls (Sep 14, 1985 - May 9, 1992)
• Seinfeld (July 1, 1989 - May 14, 1998)
• Scrubs (Oct 1, 2001 - airs Tue 8 CST)

ABC

• The Brady Bunch (Sep 26, 1969 - March 8, 1974)
• Alias (Sep 30, 2001 - still produced)

FOX

• X-Files
• Malcolm in the Middle (Jan 1, 2000 - airs 6 CST)
• American Idol (June 1, 2002 - airs 7 CST two - three nights a week)

HBO

• Six Feet Under
• The Sopranos
• Curb Your Enthusiasm

HGTV

• Extreme Homes
• Before & After
• Designing For The Sexes

PBS

• Nature (narrated by George Paige)

UK and Irish Television

Drama
• Flambards
• Changing Rooms
• Ground Force
• Doctor Who
• At Home With The Braithwaites (on BBC America)

Comedy
• Fawlty Towers
• To The Manor Born
• Good Neighbors/The Good Life
• The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
• The Bounder
• Jeeves & Wooster
• Father Ted
• Coupling
• The Office

Canadian Television

• Anne of Green Gables

The Characters

• Onslo (Keeping Up Appearances - BBC)
• Kramer (Seinfeld - NBC)
• Father Dougal McGuire (Father Ted - BBCAmerica)
• Jeff Murdock (Coupling - BBC)
• David Brent -- aka the Brentmeister General, aka basically a chilled-out entertainer (The Office - BBC)
• Reginald Perrin -- aka Martin Welbourne (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin - BBC)
• Lucy (MacGillicuddy) Ricardo (I Love Lucy - CBS)
• Alison Braithwaite (At Home With The Braithwaites - BBC)
• Alex P. Keaton (Family Ties - NBC)
• Arthur Fonzarelli -- aka Fonzie, aka The Fonz (Happy Days - ABC)

The Teams

• Mulder & Scully (The X-Files)
• Edith & Archie (All In The Family)
• Alan, Charlie & Tommy (Ground Force - BBC)
• Carol, Andy, Laurence, Graham, Linda,
  Anna, Oliver, and Michael (Changing Rooms - BBC)
• Jeeves & Wooster (Jeeves & Wooster - A&E)
• John & Mary (Father Ted)
• Onslo & Daisy (Keeping Up Appearances)
• The Brady Family (The Brady Bunch - ABC)

The Channels

• BBC America
• TV Land (formerly Nick-at-Nite)
• HGTV - Home and Garden Television
• G4 - TV 4 Gamers
• Fox Sports World
• The Golf Channel

Notable Non-Favorites

• Friends (NBC)
• Absolutely Fabulous (BBC)

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